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Originally Posted by Lasereth
Someone has to bring in the new technology, losing money or not.
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What do you think nintendo are doing? I'll bet you good money that either by the end of this generation, or the beginning of the next, all the consoles will have motion controllers.
IIRC its the gillette (as in razors) business model as i learnt it. make peanuts/lose money on the initial product, but make your money on the little things that people always need to buy to make it go (i.e. games and accessories).
As for making few consoles, how much time do you think they had before they finished the final specification before they sent it to be built? Not as long as the whole world seems to think, it takes time to build up stock levels.
The way i see it this generation is merely a technology test-bed for the next one. Sony and Microsoft are seeing if their new players will work, and how much power they can fit in, whilst nintendo are going for a different approach. Sony's days are coming to a close, microsoft will take the limelight next, then it'll be back to nintendo.
My view anyway.